<span style="color: #222222;">The sixth round of negotiations between India and the UK to finalize a free trade agreement (FTA) concluded last week with detailed draft treaty discussions across 11 policy areas over 28 separate sessions, the British government said on Thursday.<br />''<br />''The UK's Department for International Trade (DIT) issued a joint outcome statement to confirm that the latest round, initiated by UK Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch and Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal on December 12, concluded last Friday. The seventh round of talks, expected to be held in the UK, is "due to take place in early 2023".As with the previous five official-level rounds, the current round of talks were conducted in a hybrid format between the two countries.<br />''<br />''The joint outcome statement reads: "On 12-13 December, the Secretary of State for International Trade, Rt Hon Kemi Badenoch MP, visited India to initiate the sixth round of the UK-India free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations. She met with Piyush Goyal, Honourable Minister for Commerce and Industry, Government of India, where they welcomed the newest round of talks and discussed wider trade and investment opportunities for the UK and India.<br />''<br />''"On 16 December 2022, the United Kingdom and the Republic of India concluded the sixth round of talks for a UK-India FTA." According to official UK government data, India-UK bilateral trade currently stands at around GBP 29.6 billion a year. The seventh round of official-level negotiations is due to take place in early 2023.</span><br />